新起点大学基础英语教程修订版课件2＿9.pptVIP

Unit Nine Text A Some People Are Born with Confidence Detailed Understanding of Text Complete the following sentences according to the text. 1. Why do some people believe they can determine their own lives while others do not believe so? Because some people are ___________ while others ______ . 2. What will happen to those having confidence and to those lacking confidence in their old age? People having confidence often _____________________________ and people lacking confidence may ____________________ . 3. Where does confidence come from? It comes partly from _____________ and partly from __________________. Unit Nine Text B Laughter Is the Best Medicine * 1. born with confidence天生自信 天生好奇 curiosity 2. at the mercy of fate/ drift on the currents of fate听天由命 听凭上帝的安排 God 3. adjust well to growing old很好地适应衰老 很好地适应国外的学习和生活 studying and living abroad 4. drawn from experience取自经历 取材于二次大战的经历 experiences in World War Two 5. belief in blind luck盲目相信运气 相信宗教 religion 6. play a big role in life在生活中起着重要作用 在英语学习中起着重要作用 English study 7. have nothing to do with heredity与遗传无关 与一个人的生活环境相关 have something one’s environment 8. better known as以……而更为著称 更以勤奋著称的学生 a hardworking student 9. award the Nobel Prize for medicine颁发诺贝尔医学奖 颁发诺贝尔和平奖的机构 a body that awards the Nobel Prize peace 10. have a better chance of being well adjusted有可能得到很好的调整 修好的可能性不大 have a poor of being well repaired 11. aging process衰老过程 生长过程 growing . Main Ideas Fill in the blanks with appropriate words or expressions according to the above reading passage Confidence is the belief in one’s ability to do things well. People who are confident __ their ability have an “_____________ power of control” and thus can be ______ of their own lives, while those who____ confiden